Life During a Wartime - Random Village Generator

I’ve been preparing for the second session of Bloodstone, and have been thinking about the trip from Valls to Bloodstone. The region has fallen into anarchy as the Kingdom of Vaasa continues to exert control over the shattered remains of the Kingdom of Damara.

During the second session, the players are almost certainly going to be encountering numerous villages along the way. In fact, since they left without supplies, I’m assuming they’ll be scrounging and begging at each of the villages.

I figured I’d up a platform to generate villages during wartime. So at lunch, I started thinking about various attributes of a fantasy gaming village during wartime.

To determine the village size, roll 1d6 x 1d6 x 30. Of those villagers, (1d6 + 4) x 10% are capable of defending the village (50% to 100%); In the case of 100%, assume that the village has sent the children, elderly, and infirm away.

In addition to the village size, I wanted some other random attributes: physical condition, mental condition, current supplies, most recent raid, who’s in charge, and an associated random event/hook.

Table 1: Physical Condition - What is the current physical state of the village

1d6

Physical Condition

1

Ruins

2

Partial Ruins

3

No Defenses

4

Manor House

5

Light Village-wide Fortification

6

Heavy Village-wide Fortification

Table 2: Mental Condition - what is the current mental state of the villagers

1d6

Mental Condition

1

Sympathetic to the enemy

2

Preparing to evacuate

3

Paranoid

4

Indifferent

5

Inviting

6

Defiant

Table 3: Current Supplies

1d6

Current Supplies

1

Almost depleted

2

Starvation rations

3

Carefully rationed

4

Enough…for now

5

Enough for the season

6

Enough for the year

Table 4: Most Recent Raid

1d6

Most Recent Raid

1

1 hour ago

2

1 day ago

3

1 week ago

4

1 month ago

5

1 year ago

6

never

Table 5: Who’s in Charge

1d6

Who's in Charge

1

Village Council

2

Lord of the Manor

3

Lady of the Manor

4

Elected Mayor

5

Charismatic Villager

6

An Outsider

2018-11-17 update: I need to dig up the expanded table I have for this. The 3d6 results are boring. I’d rather have d8+d12 range.